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Habitat: Cayuga, Guatemala (W. Schaus). 

 U. S. N. M., Type No. 22308. 



Closely allied to Stenoma lactis Busck, differing in the white 

 apical area of the forewings. 



Stenoma orion, new species. 



Second joint of labial palpi white with dark brown base and 

 anterior edge dotted with single brown scales, also in the white 

 part ; terminal joint white with dark brown base, tip and an- 

 terior edge. Face white with lower edge brown. Head and 

 collar brownish with a few white scales. Thorax white with 

 two small anterior brown dots. Forewings with basal third 

 white except the costal edge, which is broadly overlaid with 

 dark fuscous with black brown and black scales ; apical 

 two-thirds of the wing and bluish white ornamentation ; 

 a black triangular spot at the end of the cell edged an- 

 teriorly with white, is followed by a larger slate-colored tri- 

 angular area containing some bluish white streaklets ; under- 

 neath this is a longitudinal narrow triangular reddish brown 

 spot reaching the edge of the wing above tornus and edged 

 with a white line, apical area light slate-colored with blackish 

 longitudinal dashes ; a thin line of bluish white dots around 

 the edge of the wing; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwing broad 

 triangular, dark fuscous with light cilia. Abdomen dark 

 brownish fuscous above and below with white base and 

 ochreous fuscous anal tufts. Legs dark fuscous ; tarsal joint 

 blackish with narrow white annulations ; forelegs of male with 

 large expansible tuft of blackish hairs on the tibia. 



Alar expanse : 19-20 mm. 



Habitat: Gayuga, Guatemala (W. Schaus). 



U. S. N. M., Type No. 22309. 



Closely allied to the foregoing species and to S. lactis Busck, 

 which has a similar but much less developed whitish tuft on 

 the anterior tibiae of the males, 



Stenoma extenta, new^ species. 



Labial palpi dark olive brown, second joint with base and 

 inner side white. Face light fuscous. Head and thorax dark 



